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What's better than having your ingenious designs recognized by a jury of international design experts? How about saving 20% on the entry fee that put your work in front of that jury in the first place. On Tuesday, March...

...But not especially spicy. Don't get confused! Pantone's featured color for the new year is 18-1438 "Marsala", a softened terra cotta based on the red fortified wine from Italy. It is not based on "masala" the...

As many of our readers know, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (f.k.a. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum) will host its grand re-opening next month, following the three-year renovation of the historic...

Back in September 2012, I travelled to Detroit for a few days with Julian Bleecker and Nicolas Nova (two of my partners at the Near Future Laboratory). We invited many of our friends along too, for three days of...

As part of the upcoming Design Week Portland, our friends at Ziba are hosting a heavy duty panel discussion, set to take place at their HQ on Friday, October 10, at 6:30pm. Taking the theme of "The Future of Product...

Right now the buzz term in education is STEM, which is composed of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Despite the momentum building around STEM careers, students continue to be widely uninterested in these...

Detail of A Little Bit of Beijing (Tongji University Press 2013)September isn't just back-to-school month—it also marks the second wave of international design festivals, an impossibly omni-terrestrial agenda that...

Photos credits: Jaineel Shah, Kyle Oldfield, Valdemar Haugaard OlsenThe equinox may be a few weeks out, but here in the States, Labor Day weekend marks the cusp of the seasons, when we must transition from the long,...

We're sad to note the passing of bold designer Deborah Sussman, who died on Wednesday at the age of 83 after a long battle with cancer. Sussman was a Brooklyn-born artist of many interests, known for colorful...

Last day of the semester at SVA, photo by Jeffrey ZeldmanWith the start of the fall term just around the corner, the smell of freshly sharpened pencils (er, stylii?) is in the air. While there's no denying the...

And we are not intending a pun in the title at all. The thing is perfect.We were excited to attend the press preview of Airbnb's new identity last week in Tribeca and have to say that the new marque is pretty brilliant....

Foaming at the mouth? Got infoamation on the whereabouts of the blue stuff? Hoarding scraps and offcuts with nary a purpose? Don't wait—donate! The Foam Agency, a new initiative by Elisa Werbler and Lucy Knops, is...

Once again, we're pleased to announce that Core77 will be the media partner for the Bike Cult Show, New York City's annual celebration of handbuilt bicycles and the craftspeople behind them. Now in its second year,...

By now, it seems like the conceit of a 'home of the future' has existed for as long as we've taken residence in permanent structures—while subsistence cultures certainly didn't fret over replacing HVAC filters,...

Photography by Ikon Photo and NudesignstudioIt's been a whirlwind of a weekend, but from the feedback we've been hearing so far, the Nimble Scooters—spent a good part of Monday revisiting WantedDesign with our...

It's official: The last issue of the C77 Design Daily—#C77DD for all of you social media inclined folk—is hitting the newsstands this morning! get your hands on the latest copy to peruse our finds from ICFF,...

We're halfway through our four-day run for the C77 Design Daily and it seems like people are diggin' it. There's plenty of content within those pages and the weather happens to be absolutely perfect today, so we'll keep...

"I think our life is our most important project. It is full of constraints and challenges, just like a design project. It's this realization that inspired me to apply my design process to my life--that is how Design the...

With two days left in our Kickstarter campaign, we've still got a lot of ground to cover to make our $27,000 goal. We can't begin to tell you how appreciative we are for all of your support and word-spreading when it...

And so it begins: The second annual NYCxDesign creative culture extravaganza has officially kicked off with a theremin fanfare (no joke) and we are pleased to present the event guide—in print—for the...

As you may have heard, we are very excited to launch an ambitious project—unlike anything we've ever attempted before—during NYCxDesign this year, and we would love for you to help us!In less than two weeks,...

At long last, the first Core77 Conference is officially open for business! We've got the initial round of speakers listed, with more still to come. Hopefully you've already arranged your schedule to be in Brooklyn on...

Although NYCxDesign is still three weeks away, we've been lining up some of the content for the C77 Design Daily—after all, it's our very first effort at publishing our content in print and it's not going to write...

Our readers are likely well aware that Core77's Allan Chochinov has been primarily focused on his duties as co-founder and chair of the School of Visual Arts MFA Products of Design program for the past few years now,...

After years of running the definitive online guide to NY Design Week we are now taking it to the next level by taking a step back. Hey, don't freak-out though, our #1 design week web coverage is still going to be...

What are you doing all day on June 19th? Nothing? Wrong. Clear your schedule to make room for the very first Core77 Conference! We're putting together a day-long shindig in Brooklyn featuring some of the most...

Just over a month ago, we posted a Call for Entries for a Dutch design-inspired gift item that could be produced on a 3D printer, to be produced by Kikkerland. The Royal Netherlands Embassy has since announced the 14...